This short film looks at the challenges that face farmers in the Dera district of Ethiopia and how the development agency, the Global Water Initiative East Africa (GWI EA), is supporting them to increase productivity through the more sustainable use of available water. More info: http://www.wilddogworld.com/ Produced by: Andy Johnstone Year: 2014 Language: English Region: East Africa - Ethiopia »»

Mega irrigation systems are among the biggest water users in the world. How to improve water productivity in these large systems? 3 insights are shared by Xueliang Cai, IHE Delft, Judith de Bruijne, Mott MacDonald, and Jeroen Vos, WUR.

A third of the food grown worldwide is wasted. This translates into significant financial and natural resource waste. This video puts this loss in perspective and gives a few pointers on how to reduce food waste.

Water management *is* conflict management. Regardless of the scale, ensuring that the needs of the people and ecosystems that rely on this critical resource are met effectively requires comprehensive understanding of both water science and water cooperation & diplomacy, including dispute mitigation, management, and resolution.

Groundwater is heavily over-exploited, causing decline of groundwater levels. what options do you have in an area where groundwater levels decline and where construction of surface water reservoirs is impossible, due to earthquake risks? The answer seems obvious: storing water in the ground

Many women in urban informal settlements in Kenya are often forced to barter sex for water. This desperate measure is a last resort to provide for their families, as unscrupulous 'water cartels' take over where government and fair markets fail to provide.

Glaciers are retreating at an alarming rate worldwide. While the melting of glaciers might be a source of more fresh water in the short term, the total loss of glaciers in the long term will surely be a source of pressure for increased lack of fresh water. Most glaciers around the world are expected to be gone by the end of the century and once they are gone there is no going back.